Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-16
Town AND COUNTY.

It Is said that Springfield, Ohio, CAPT
talists are beng Interested in q certain
proposed Fort Worth railroad gentle
msu, who 1ee interests in this city, who
is z citizen of Springfield, has Isid the
natter before his fellow townsmen.
The ChandIer-Fort Worth line Of the
Cotton Belt msy now be looked upon as d
fixed fact In connection with ere line
10 Sabine Pass it will be not far from an
sir line TO the long leaf pine Country.
This line viii give Dallas the so by lust
ten miles - the south.
The engineers Of The Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific are said to be some
where in the Indian Territory, not many
miles rom Fort Sill. Now is the time
tor Montague, Bowie and Burlington 20
be On che lookout and demonstrate the
prscticaoiIjty ard advantages Of the
route through those places.
TaE GAZETTE has not lost fsith in the
Sort W0rth and Southeastern and would
have Clr0niCled the commencement Of
the work several months ago but for the
fair O5struCtionist, Mrs. Hettte Green
Mr.. Huntington seems, however, to have
managed ahsirs in such g way that Mrs
Heltie will have to take what other bond
holders receive, and when the settlement
row On the taps is made the Houston
and Texas Central will go to work with
VIII on needed extensions.
The Fort Worth an6 Denver will in q
few shortnonths link the destinies OF the
Queen City Of the Plains and the Queen
city Of the Proiries, Denver and Fort
Worth The Two cities will soon be
g+c nh c. nd ba
road WI make them one in g common
interest. Port Worth and Denver will
distribute to the great southwest, west
and northwest al commodities that can
be transported by ships to gulf ports,
and then carried by rail to the metro
poll Of the great states Of Texas and
Colorado. Denyerites and Fort Worthians
must soon know each other better.
It is said the Dallas, Archer and Pacific
has changed its plans and viii build its
rCSd from Justin, on the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa F., 10 Decatur, on the Fort
Worth and Denver, twenty-five miles
| first, and later on extend from Decatur to
Archer. It is stated on coed
authority that the Gulf Colorado
ana Santa Fe owns 50 per cent.
Of the Dallas, Archer and Pacific. stock.
I
Dallas to Justin is ever built Dallas must
build it, and this road is the connection
the town will get with Gainesville. The
road from Justin TO Decatur and beyond
will be g Fort Worth feeder, and will
really be a good thing for this city.
Mr.. Jordan, a welI-to-do citizen OF
| Americas, Ga, is in the city prospecting,
and was so taken with the good points
snd cheapness OF Texas ponies that he
| bought quite q number, which he will
take back 70 his Georgia home. Mr..
/ Jordan says his tip 20 Texas has shown
him the utility and profit there is
in stock farming, and he means to
| 90 back home and institute
q radical change on his farm in the direc-
\ ton mentioned. He means to give cotton
the grand go-by henceforth, and cultivate
the grasses q cereals for cattle and
horses. Ia carrying out this idea he will
I take back quite g number Of native brood
meres, from which ne expects to raise
first class colts. Mr.. Jordan says the
trouble with Texas stOckmen in his
opinion lies in trying 70 raise too many
head Of stoCb, whether Of horses, cattle,
sheep or hogs, instead OF having fewer
number Of better quality.
AS o.. LUIS ClOLS-OSHOCIaL AL%S TIC
following Interesting railroad item "The
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas has now
for some time been ueditsting al extern
sion to tide watez 0y which it would De
able to drain the rich regions OF South
eastern Texas. When this has been &C.
complished aad the extension from
Maiden TO St. Louis brought about
mere question Of time-this road, which
out few years ago was 81 Insignificant
narrow-gauge, is destined to become
cne Of the most powerful lines Of tina
southwest md no unimpoItant factor IN
the commerce OF the city. The manage
ment has for some time been debating
IS to whether the deep water al the gull
should be sought through the medium
ct. tbs Sabine river, or d more direct
route adopted to the sea itself, sni only
yesterday vas it learned that the latter
course had been decided upon, and
that Sabine Pass has been selec I'd
as the ultimate terminal Of the sy!-
TEN. Having acquired the narrcw-gauge
running from Tyler to Lufkin, the next
step to be taken will be its widening to 8
standard track, which will be commenced
in the spring. At the ss.me time construc-
ton will ne begun FROM Luikiu, the pres